Fake Ichiro shows up at Mariners autograph session in Japan

Michael Saunders and Munenori Kawasaki were just doing their thing, signing baseballs and caps Monday at the MLB Cafe in Tokyo, when they looked up and saw a familiar face in line for their autographs.

The real Ichiro. (Getty Images)

Ichiro.

There he was, decked out in Seattle’s gray road uniform, completing the look with sunglasses and Ichiro’s stoic game face, reports MLB.com’s Greg Johns. The Mariners’ most famous player was waiting for autographs from his teammates.

But it wasn’t the real Ichiro Suzuki, of course. It was a fan — a lookalike.